Lexington Couple To Wed In December Baldwin Banks Vows
Lexington notices announce the engagement of Margaret Vaughan Spruill to David Clark Smith with a December wedding planned. Miss Spruill, a Duke graduate and city schools teacher, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Spruill. Mr Smith is Wake Forest and Bowman Gray Medical student.
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Lexington
Baldwin-Banks
James Frank
Spruill
Margaret Vaughan
David Clark Smith
Miss Spruill
Duke University
Alpha Phi National Sorority
Duke
Winston-Salem
Mr. Smitht
Sam J. Smith
Wake Forest College
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
American Women’s Voluntary Unit Plans Initial Meeting
Mrs Eligabeth S Turner national director of Air Raids Precautions is due from New York City tomorrow evening. The local American Women’s Voluntary Services unit will hold its initial meeting Wednesday at 10 30 AM at the Sheraton Hotel. Plans include a board of directors from Altrusa Club and Junior Service League. Mrs Caddell and Mrs Burnett will direct defense instruction classes under sponsorship and will begin as soon as plans are finalized.
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Eligabeth S.turner
American Women’s Voluntary Services
New York City
Sheraton Hotel
Turner
Marie Caddell
Altrusa Club
Royster M. Tucker
Junior Service League
Allusa Club
Mesdames Caddell
Mabel Burnett
New York
Atusa Club
High Point
Nese York
LaGuardia
National Defense
New York Fire Department
Caddell
Burnett
Airusa Club
Focal A.W. WS
Community Concert Association
Mozart
aAlrs
Sanders Dallas
West Emerywood Garden Club
Emerywood Country Club
Philip Davis
Woman's Club
Adams ‘Memorial Y
Co. A
J. F. Hayden
American Women's Voluntary Services, Inc
Sheraton
Elizabeth 8. Turner
A.W.V.S
Utopian Study Club
J. Groome
Hillcrest Drive
Mozart Farce Riding In Popularizing Opera At Senior High
The Community Concert Association presents Mozart the Marriage of Figaro in English tomorrow night at the Senior High School. The production, translated by Edward Dent, uses a traveling narrator to simplify sets and bring opera buffa to new places. Critics in New York praised its humor and musical excellence, while Juilliard graduates formed the troupe and Alabama to California artists join a strong all American cast. The New York Herald Tribune lauded the audience’s wholehearted enjoyment of Figaro.
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Figaro
New York
Gotham
George Kaufman
James Whittaker
The
New York Mirror
Juilliard Graduate School
Metropolitan
Julius Huehn
Charles Kullman
Rise Stevens
Albert Stoesser
Chautauqua Opera
California
South Carolina
Mozart
New York Herald-Tribune
Thomasville Couple Celebrates 25th Anniversary Dinner
A Thomasville couple observed their silver anniversary with a one o clock family dinner at the Sheraton Hotel. Mr and Mrs J Pliskin hosted twenty six guests. the event featured a four course meal, silver white and green decor, silver bells, and music by Miriam Pula and J Curran. An informal open house followed at their home with attendees from High Point Thomasville Sylva Canton Marion Bessemer City Cherryville and Pittsburgh Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheraton
J Pliskin
Thomasville
Ben Herian
High Point
Sylva
Canton
Marion
Bessemer City
Cherryville
Pittsburgh
Adams Club Plans Party Tonight and Other Activities
The weekly schedule of the local Y clubs opens this evening with a hobo party by the Adams club in the Adams building basement at 7 30. At the same hour the W’s GKr Club holds a business meeting. Dancing at 3, banquet at 7 by the Florence Nightingale Club for the Wesleyan Services Guild. Parity law class at 5 run by Miss Bess Munroe. Tuesday 2 15 Lend-a-Hand Club at Mrs Artie McDowell's home. Business Club supper at 6245 Adams Building. Thursday Live er Club dinner and business at 6 30. Friday 7 15 Lend-a-Hand skating at Sedgefield. Saturday Lucky Club luncheon.
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Adams Club
Adams
Gkr
Bess Munroe
Artie McDowell
Business Club
The
Adams Building
Sedgefield
Governor and Mrs Broughton Celebrate 25th Anniversary
Governor and Mrs Joseph Melville Broughton hosted a silver wedding anniversary at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh on Monday evening December 15 from eight to eleven o'clock. High Pointer families received cards bearing the governor’s monogram and the 1916 1941 dates, with invitations reading to be present at the Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary. The social season noted the event as a highlight in the state.
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J. Melville Broughton
Raleigh
Alice Harper Willson
Broughton
Joseph Melville Brrughton
Joseph Melville Broughton
Executive Mansion
North Carolina
Parliamentary law class to meet at Y W C A tonight
The Parliamentary law class led by Miss Bess Munroe meets tonight at 8 at the YWCA as part of the city Adult Education program. Any interested adult may attend. Also announces birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs William PL Bivins of Montheun Avenue Guilford General Hospital.
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Bess
Munroe
Guilford General Hospital
William PL Bivins
Montheun Avenue
Bivins
Guilford Radio Shop
Social Calendar for High Point Events Week Schedule
A dense list of social and club meetings for Monday through Friday includes the Emerywood Country Club tea, Girl Scout Leaders Association, Beta Sigma Phi sorority, garden clubs, book clubs, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Community Concerts with Mozart, and numerous local society gatherings at various homes and venues. Notable items include a December garden club chair, an American Women's Voluntary Services organizational meeting in High Point, and a birthday dinner for the High Point Business and Professional Women's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerywood Country Club
Girl Scout Leaders Association
Seraton Hotel
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Frances Muse
Alberta Apartments
Thoesday
Bligh Point Council of Garden Clubs
Ray H. Nibbelink
Pam
American Book Club
George Lewis
Circle Drive
W. O. T. Club
Carter Dalton
Johnson Street
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Nvel
West Washington Street
Mrs Whitesell Shown Courtesy At Lovely Party
Mrs James Whitesell formerly Miss Elmyra Davis, married recently, was honored at a suburban home in Ran Cherokee Route One Saturday evening. Guests enjoyed autumn chrysanth emes and decorations, with games and prizes awarded to several attendees. The bride received gifts including a lufled bed spread and silver items. about fifty guests attended.
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Mrs. Whitesell
James Whitesell
Elmyra Davis
Ernest J. Davis
L. Elmer Beeson
Davis
James Steed
Jeronie Davis
Helen Hollingsworth
Bernice Millikan
Johnson Street P T A 10 meeting Tuesday afternoon
An important Johnson Street P T A 10 meeting will be held Tuesday at 3 PM in the school library. Mrs Raymond Campbell, president, urged all officers committee chairmen and grade mothers to attend this gathering. Fire destroyed a car garage on National Highway, started by a grass fire and attributed to Alvin residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Street
Parent-Teacher Association
Raymond Campbell
Ward Street church social and Bible class notices
The Brotherhood of the Ward Street Methodist Church meets tonight at 7 PM at the church hut and invites wives for an oyster supper. Guest speaker Lloyd Thayer of the First Baptist Church will discuss Digging a Well. The Mary Conrad Bible class meets this evening at 7:30 PM at 225 Lindsay Street for a Christmas program and informal reception for about seventy attendees. Florence Thomas Bible Class plans Friday 8 PM Christmas party at Mrs. B. C. Brasington’s home on Forest Hill Drive.
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Welch Memorial Circle
Hut Circle No
Welch Memorial Methodist
Ward ST
Brotherhood of the
Ward Street
Lloyd Thayer
First Bannist Church
Mary Conrad
Austin B. Conrad
Lindsay Street
Florence Thomas
First Baptist Church
B. C. Brasington
Local residents visit relatives and recoveries reported
Mrs Z H Cotner of Clemmons spends the week with her daughter Mrs E L Davis at Winston-Salem route one. Accompanied to High Point by Mr and Mrs B E L Combs and son Grant of Clemmons, they were weekend guests in the Davis home. Mrs Lacy Bishop is confined to bed with a severe cold at her home. Robert Earl Shoal Jr has returned to his High Point route one home from Burrus Memorial hospital where he recently had an appendix operation and is recuperating nicely.
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Prigr
Ya Hensley
Robert Bruton
Lance Banks
Clifford Banks
France Hunt
Curtis Eggleston
Banks
L. E. Baldwin
Salisbury
Otter
R. Walker Martin
Abrs
N. L. Banks
Lexington High School
The
Dispatch
Z. H. Cotner
Clemmons
L. Davis
Winston-Salem
Robert Earl Shoal, Jr
High Point
Route 1
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Over-the-Teacups Luncheon With Mrs. Millis
The Over-the-Teacups Chih will be emertalized by Mrs. J. E. Milk ins as its regular luncheon meeting at her home in Emerywood Thursday afternoon. The hour for the meeting will be one o clock as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Milkins
Emerywood
Mid-Week Study Club Meets at Mrs Carroll Home
Mrs Charles F Carroll will entertain the Mid-Week Study Club at its biweekly meeting this week at her Greenway Drive home. The gathering is set for Wednesday afternoon at 3 30. Also, the executive board of the Ray Street Parent-Teacher Association will meet tomorrow morning at 10 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Carroll
Charles F. Carroll
Greenway Drive
Ray Street Parent-Teacher Association
Beta Sigma Phi Meeting Tonight With Miss Muse
The Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will meet this evening at 7:30 at Miss Frances Muse’s home in Alberta Apartments, apartment 9. The national educational and social sorority hosts the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Frances Muse
Alberta
West Emerywood Garden Club Hosts Christmas Program
The West Emerywood Garden Club meets at Emerywood Country Club Wednesday at 10 AM. Mrs. Sanders Dallas will host and lead a Christmas program, with Mrs. Philip Davis in charge of the event.
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West Emerywood Garden Club
Emerywood Club
Emerywood Country Club
Welock
Sanders Dallas
Philip Davis
Business Club of Y to Hold Supper and Board Meeting
The Business and Professional Club of the YWCA will hold its weekly supper at 6:15 PM Tuesday at the Y. An executive board meeting is set for 5:15 PM before the supper, marking the regular business gathering.
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Business Club OF
Business and Professional Club
The
W_C. A
Talmadge Refuses To Pardon Floggers
Governor Eugene Talmadge declined clemency for six white men identified as Ku Klux Klan floggers in suburban Atlanta. The decision followed a sensational hearing and opposition from Atlanta ministers and others. The six are Dan Fidson, Walter Forster, W. T. Walton, Raymond Bryan, George Cameron, and Henry Cawthon. The State Prison and Parole Board had refused clemency.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Dan Duke
Dan Fidson
Walter Forster
W. TF. Walton
Raymond Bryan
George Cameron
Henry Cawthon
State Prison and Parole Board
Funeral Tuesday For Wade H. Ison
Charlotte obituary notes Wade H Ison 34 former sports editor of the Charlotte News and director of sports publicity at North Carolina State College died after a sinus irregularity six months ago. Funeral services are set for 3 p m Tuesday at Oak Lawn Cemetery burial follows in Oak Lawn. Survivors include his widow and three children Tirzah Moessick Ison 8 Bade Hampton Ison Jr 5 and Sarah Janetson eight months. The school president requests attendance for important business.
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Charlotte
Wade H. Tson
N. C. State College
Charlotte News
Oaklawn
Americus
Ga. Ison
State
Amon
Tirzah Moessick Ison
Bade Hampton Ison, Jr
Sarah Janetson
Local Christian Endeavorers Hold Weekly Meetings
Weekly Christian Endeavor gatherings across Welch Memorial Methodist Oak Hill and Spring Hall churches feature the theme A Christian Is Forgiving. Leaders include Mrs Lessie Briley Edna Marion and Kathryn Kersey with participants such as Lorena Bullin Ruby Marion and J L Cashatt, discussing forgiveness lessons and rally plans.
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Welch Memorial Methodist
Welch Memorial Methodist Christian Endeavor Society
Lessie Briley
Matthew
Lorena Bullin
North Park Baptist Uuarter
W. F. Gray
Allenday
Henry Wivett
Mabel Dayner
Kathleen Cassell
Christian Endeavor Society
Spring Tall Church
Edna Marion
Lois Byerly
Roth Cecil
Fuller Moore
Ruby Marion
John Swaim
Milford Byerly
Loretta Moore
Mary Frances Johnston
Stanton Craven
Christian Endeavor
Mitchells Grove Methodist Church
Kathryn Kersey
J. L. Cashatt
Claude Mooney
Calvin Cashatt
Isaac Jackson
Esther Brown
Ethel Kersey
Rose Mooney
Callie Billings
Earnest
Ora Mae Cashatt
Big Gain Reported In Tax Collections By Federal Office
GREENSBORO December 1 Internal Revenue reports North Carolina November tax collections totaled 3348 106.61, over four million more than last November. For the first five months of the fiscal year total receipts reached 180 726 480.76, up 27 315 388.12 from 1940. The defense tax impact will rise gradually, with actual November year over year gain 4 236 050.46. October receipts stood at 37 436 689.50. November’s dip from October is attributed to a shorter month and two holidays.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Jago
Charles H. Robertson
Inter‘Hal
Robertson
Qctober
Shadow of the Thin Man at Shadow Center Screen
The listing shows Shadow of the Thin Man with features and showtimes including 3:43 and 3:20 plus late runs at 7:28 and 9:35. Also listed are Bad Man From Mis Sauard at 12:50 2:30 4:15 6:00 7:45 9:36 and Blossome The Dust with 1:00 3:06 5:12 7:18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thin Man
Sroadhurst
Missauard
Paramount
Majority Of Eagle Squadron Trained In C A A Program
Two thirds of the American Eagle Squadron in England learned to fly in the Civil Aeronautics Administration training program. Pilot Officer Harold Strickland, now with RAF, calls it amazing that many of the cadets have advanced from solo flights to flying Hurricanes in formation at high altitude. The C A A program begun in 1939 has trained over 55 000 pilots for the Army and Navy air forces, with over 10 000 students in training. ten at High Point College will finish in January. For the next class beginning February, applicants must pass the same physical as advanced trainees, plus a new eye refraction test. fee doubles to 12 dollars for the new exam. The spring Civilian Pilot Training Program costs rise to 29 dollars, and eligibility remains limited to men 19 to 26, with college requirements for nonstudents.
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American Eagle
England
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Harold Strickland
London
American Eagle Squadron
RAF
Strickland
Army
Navy Air Forces
High Point College
AirCorps
Navy
Ben H. Hill
State College Swim Team Begins Practice
Raleigh dispatch reports NC State College opens practice for the season with Cliff Carrot as coach replacing Romeo Lefort now in military service. Several holdovers have trained five weeks. Arnold Katteman Patterson New Jersey and Joe Brewer Lexington named co captains of the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Offreda
North Carolina State College
Cliff Carrot
Romeo Lefort
Uncle Sam's Army
Arnold Katteman
Patterson
N J
Joe Brewer
Lexington
Rumford Baking Powder Promotes Easy Baking Tips
A vintage ad urges homemakers to try Rumford Baking Powder with simple guidance on amounts and outcomes. It promises a new booklet with baking ideas and assures the product leaves no bitter aftertaste. Address: Rumford Baking Powder, Boston Island.
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Rumford
Rumford Baking Powder
Bex E Rumford, Rhos Island
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Homer Billings
West Third Avenue
Hall Pugh Beck
J. &. Hall
Ruth Davis
Mesdames Beck
Hull
Jack Michael
Dan McLaurin
Warner Stamey
Ardell Lanier
Miss Davis
Minnie Louise Baldwin
Horace Lee Banks, Jr
Louis S. Gaines
Club of Twelve
J. C. Bower
J. M. Hart
Wade H. Phillips
Emily Hann
Emmet Elzie Witherspoon
Betty
Leonard Hoyle Craver
American Women’s Voluntary Unit
Florence
Wesleyan Services Guild
Childs
ICKS
Ste VaroRus
Gov. Broughton
Wife
Girl Scout Council
Adams Memorial Y. W. C. A
J. E. Millis
A. G. Douglas
Parkway
High Point Business and Professional Women’s Club
Charles Carroll
Priscilla Chub
T.A
Mrs. Millis
Ray Street
Miss Muse
Talmadge
Wade H. Ison
Oak Hill
Billy Kennedy
Marshall Duggins
Doris Underwood
Marguerite Blair
Ethel Marsh
Elwanda Gurley
J. C. Burton
Tilda Workman
Christian Endeavor City Unio
Mickery
Springfield
Jean Duckles
American Friends Service Committee
Bill van Hoy
Mitchell's Grove
Methodist
Federal Office
Rialyo
Eagle
State College
Hile Loans
Todery
North Main
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